EveryDocs

EveryDocs is a lightweight document management system focused on PDF documents. It provides server-side APIs and file storage for uploading, organizing and searching documents, and is designed for private or small-team use.

Key Features

• Upload PDF files with title, description and document date metadata
• Organize documents in folders and nested subfolders
• Associate people and processing states with documents for simple workflows
• Extract text from PDFs to enable full-text search across document content
• Encrypted storage of PDF files on disk with per-user encryption flag and secret key support
• Authentication via JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and a RESTful API for CRUD operations on documents, folders, persons and states
• Mobile-friendly web UI and provided Docker / Docker Compose deployment options for easy setup

Use Cases

• Personal or small-team digital archive for receipts, invoices and scanned documents
• Lightweight document workflow tracking using people and processing states
• Secure local storage of sensitive PDFs with optional per-user encryption

Limitations and Considerations

• Account creation is open by default; there is no built-in registration restriction mechanism out of the box
• When encryption is activated for a user, content extraction is disabled and those documents are not included in full-text search
• Intended for basic/private use; lacks advanced enterprise features such as fine-grained RBAC, SSO integrations, or multi-tenant isolation

EveryDocs is suited for users who need a simple, self-hosted PDF DMS with searchable content and optional on-disk encryption. It is pragmatic and easy to deploy but may require additional tooling or configuration for larger or security-sensitive deployments.